Differential Equations

Prof Elgin is giving this course this year, but some of the material below may nevertheless be relevant. Click on the topics below to view or print PS files of the course material.

Handouts:

Series solutions of Bessel's equation.
Convergence of Fourier Series; The Gibbs phenomenon.
Adjoint operators
The musical scale
Separable solutions of Helmholtz equation

Problem sheets:

Sheet 1: Wronskians, Variation of Parameters and Green's Functions
Sheet 2: Series solutions of ODEs
Sheet 3: Fourier Series
Sheet 4: Fourier Transforms
Sheet 5: Sturm-Liouville theory
Sheet 6: Separation of Variables
Sheet 7: Revision examples

Examination papers:

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